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ligule

a small, scale-like outgrowth from a leaf, found in club mosses and some grasses.
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1] of fresh mass) in ligules of inflorescences of gerberas 'Intenza' held for 9 days at different temperatures.
Postharvest quality of red gerberas depending on the storage temperature/Qualidade pos-colheita de gerberas vermelhas em funcao da temperatura de armazenamento
For example, the large size of its ligules may be used as a landing platform for floral visitors with a range of sizes (Leppik, 1977).
Effectiveness of vectors of pollen and longevity of capitula for four species of Asteraceae in central Mexico
5-8 mm wide, flat to M-shaped, glabrous, the margins smooth or sparingly tuberculate-scabrous, gradually tapering into a roughened triangular tip; leaf sheaths 2-9 cm long, more or less tightly enveloping culms, glabrous, sparsely to strongly reddened or reddish purple; inner band of leaf sheaths reddish-purple-tinged except for the hyaline, friable apex, glabrous, the apex concave; ligules 2.
Carex and Uncinia (Cyperaceae, Cariceae) from the Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile
aureum (C4) had large involucel bracts, which were ovate or circular, and large cauline leaves, amplexicaul at base, cordate or with large ligules.
ITS sequence analysis used for molecular identification of the Bupleurum species from northwestern China
The populations studied were verified to be Nereis acuminata [or its synonyms (Day 1973) Nereis (Neanthes) arenaceodentata, and Nereis (Neanthes) caudata] based on morphology of denticles, setae, ligules, cirri, and head shape (Ehlers 1868; Moore 1903; Pettibone 1963; Day 1973).
Presumptive rapid speciation after a founder event in a laboratory population of Nereis: allozyme electrophoretic evidence does not support the hypothesis
Diagnosis: The prostomium is split anteriorly and the notopodial ligules are well developed anteriorly but reduced in posterior segments.
Some intertidal and shallow water polychaetes of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
Expanded leaves were measured from their ligules, expanding leaves from the ligule of the last fully expanded leaf, and the measure of senescent leaves considered only the green portion of the leaf blade.
Ingestive behavior of hoggets given different types of supplement on ryegrass pasture/Comportamento ingestivo de borregas recebendo diferentes tipos de suplemento em pastagem de azevem
Ligules yellow, the outer with a dark red stripe on outer face.
Pilosella argyrogaliciana, P. argyrolegionensis and P. megargyrocoma (Asteraceae): three new species from the Cantabrian Mountains (N. Spain)/Pilosella argyrogaliciana, P. argyrolegionensis y P. megargyrocoma (Asteraceae): tres nuevas especies de la Cordillera Cantdbrica (N Espana)
Plants perennial, tufted, caespitose, with a knotty rhizomatous base, the rhizomes short and thin; culms 15-30(-55) cm tall; nodes 2-3, branching below, puberulent to scabrellous; internodes short covered by the sheaths, glabrous, puberulent to shortly hirtellous near the nodes; leaves basal, sheaths 3-4(7) cm long, longer than the internodes, the upper with a reduced blade below the synflorescence, the lowermost purple and short-hirsute, the next green and glabrous, margins shortpilose; ligules 0.
A synopsis of Digitaria (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) in Mexico, including the new species Digitaria michoacanensis
Collars can contain appendages such as auricles and ligules.
Glossary
4 mm wide, flattish or channelled (at least proximally), glabrous, margins with unbranched and 2-branched prickle hairs, the unbranched ones antrorse or retrorse; inner band of leaf sheaths white-hyaline or pale brown, glabrous, the apex slightly concave; ligules 0.
A new species of Uncinia (Cyperaceae) from the new world and the first report of U. Chilensis from Argentina
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